06-10-2008 01:36 AM
06-11-2008 09:56 AM
Hi Tom,
In order to have a better idea how the device is working. I recommend setting one port as an output and another one as input, and connect the output port to the input.
The following discussion forum might be of interest to you as well.
http://forums.ni.com/ni/board/message?board.id=250&message.id=36111&requireLogin=False
Regards,
Faris A
06-11-2008 05:46 PM
Faris,
Hooking the inputs from Port 0 to the outputs from Port 1 works, but what I'm trying to do is like on the older 6508 is have the channels come up in a high state (5 volts) when the unit is powered up and then ground the channels to change the state (0 volts). But when the channel is removed from the ground the state stays at 0 volts instead of returning to 5 volts like I think it should.
Does this not work on the 6509 like it did on the 6508?
If the "Test Panels" is NOT running and the board is reset (or just powered up) I can ground the channels and they will return to 5 volts when the ground is removed. When the software is running it will not do this.
Tom
06-11-2008 05:53 PM
Faris,
Does the 6509 use internal pull-up/pull-down resistors on the digital I/O lines? Do we have to add our own pull-up resistor to each line?
Tom
06-12-2008 12:40 PM
06-12-2008 02:19 PM
Faris,
I'm using a volt meter to read the voltages off the channels.
OK so the 6509 doesn't work exactly like the 6508. We'll have to add pull-up resistors to each channel.
Thanks for your help...
Tom
04-29-2019 02:51 PM
Hi - Ran into the same issue on the 6509, but unable to understand why is Test Panel behaving different? Is it not the Test Panel where the initial state(s), whether tri-state/low/high, constitute initial states of the I/O?
04-30-2019 01:04 PM
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